THE GOLDEN
FISH
Story
teller: Once upon a
time there lived an old man with his wife. They were common people and lived as
other people. One day the old man said to his wife.
Grandfather:
Granny, oh Granny, what shall we have for supper?
Grandmother:
Go to the shop and buy a tin of sprats in oil.
Storyteller:
So the old man went to the shop and bought a tin of sprats in oil.
Grandfather:
So, Granny, we shall have a tasty supper. Have you prepared mashed
potatoes?
Grandmother:
Of course, I have. Open the tin and let’s have supper. Don’t waste our time.
Grandfather (opening the tin): Oh what is it? There is a Golden Fish in the tin. For
god’s sake, what shall I do?
Golden
Fish: Don’t eat me, old man. I shall fulfill your three wishes.
Grandfather:
All right. I shall have a talk with my granny. (He goes to see Grandmother.)
Grandfather: Oh,
Granny, dear! What an unusual tin of sprats I have bought. There is the Golden
Fish there. She speaks like a human. She asks us not to eat her. She promises
to fulfill our three wishes.
Grandmother:
Is it really so? You are a silly man, go to the Golden Fish and ask her for
a thousand dollars. Be quick.
Storyteller:
The man went to the Golden Fish and asked her for a thousand dollars.
Golden
Fish: Go to your wife and you’ll have a thousand dollars.
Grandmother:
How happy I am. I shall buy a fur coat, fine clothes and shoes. I shall buy
a house.
Grandfather: Are
you satisfied, Granny? We are rich now.
Grandmother:
Am I satisfied? Are you joking? Go back to the Golden Fish and ask her for
Oriflame cosmetics.
Grandfather:
Why do you need cosmetics? You are old and your face is wrinkled.
Grandmother: What
are you talking about? Go and ask for it, otherwise I shall eat that Fish!
Grandfather:
What shall I do? I have to go.
(Grandfather goes to talk to the Golden Fish again.)
Grandfather: Oh,
dear Fish! I’m so sorry, but my wife has gone mad. She wants Oriflame
cosmetics.
Golden
Fish: Don’t worry, old man.Your wife will have the cosmetics she likes.
(Grandmother is sitting in front of the mirror and is putting make-up
on.)
Grandmother: Well,
Granny. What are you doing? You look like a scarecrow.
Grandmother:
It doesn’t matter. Go to the Golden Fish and ask her for the third wish.
Grandfather:
What is it?
Grandmother: I
want to be as young and beautiful as Claudia Shiffer. Be in a hurry!
(Grandfather goes to see the Golden Fish and ask her to fulfill the
third wish of his wife.)
Grandfather: Oh,
my dear Fish. The more we have, the more we want. My wife wants to be as young
and beautiful as Claudia Shiffer.
Golden
Fish: Well, old man. You are a poor man. Your wife is cruel and greedy. Go
to your wife. You will not recognize her.
(Grandmother
is looking at herself in the mirror.)
Grandmother: Oh
my magic glass, tell me, please, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?
Looking
glass: You are.
(Grandfather
approaches his wife unable to take his eyes off her.)
Grandfather: Oh,
Granny, you are so beautiful, charming. I have never seen such a beauty. I’m
very pleased to have such a pretty wife!
Grandmother: I’m
not your wife. You are feeble and old. And I’m young and beautiful. Go
away. Grandfather: Oh, Granny. Don’t be so cruel. Pity me! Grandmother: My security! Take him
away!
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